Minister Pippa Hackett welcomes the expenditure allocations announced in Budget 2020
The Minister of State with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett today welcomed the 2021 Budget, saying it includes many important...
The Bare Root Season is Underway – DAFM
We have now entered the dormant months and the bare root/rootball trading season is underway. As always we should source Irish grown plants and...
DAFM announces extension for the Horticulture Exceptional Payment Scheme (HEPS)
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has today announced a short extension to the Horticulture Exceptional Payment Scheme (HEPS). The Scheme will...
Record level of funding for the organic farming scheme secured in Budget 2023
Funding of €37m for the Organic Farming Scheme - an 80% increase on last year
A 12% increase to €112m to fund the...
DAFM Brexit – Import Fees and Charges
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) are obliged, under Article 13(d) of Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into...
Creed leads pan-European push for Commission response to COVID-19 impacts on the wider agri-food...
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., has succeeded in garnering the support of all twenty-six of his Member State...
President Michael D. Higgins commemorates Ireland’s launch of International Year of Plant Health IYPH...
Today President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins planted a Native “Sessile Oak” tree in Phoenix Park to commemorate Ireland’s launch of the International Year of...
Minister Creed announces continued support for Social Farming under the Rural Innovation and Development...
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD has announced that his Department will continue to fund Social Farming in Ireland...
DAFM Brexit – Export Procedures (UK)
Only registered exporters may apply for phytosanitary certification of consignments of plant and plant produce to the UK. DAFM requires a minimum of 14 days...
Department Announces Request for Tender for the development of a Rural Female Entrepreneurs initiative...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine announces a competitive public procurement procedure under the 2020 Rural Innovation and Development Fund for a...